International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems最新文献

{"title":"An intelligent optimization technique for performance improvement in radial distribution network","authors":"Rafi Vempalle, Dhal Pradyumna Kumar","doi":"10.1108/ijius-04-2022-0052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-04-2022-0052","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe demand for electricity supply increases day by day due to the rapid growth in the number of industries and consumer devices. The electric power supply needs to be improved by properly arranging distributed generators (DGs). The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology for optimum placement of DGs using novel algorithms that leads to loss minimization.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, a novel hybrid optimization is proposed to minimize the losses and improve the voltage profile. The hybridization of the optimization is done through the crow search (CS) algorithm and the black widow (BW) algorithm. The CS algorithm is used for finding some tie-line systems, DG locations, and the BW algorithm is used for finding the rest of the tie-line switches, DG sizes, unlike in usual hybrid optimization techniques.FindingsThe proposed technique is tested on two large-scale radial distribution networks (RDNs), like the 119-bus radial distribution system (RDS) and the 135 RDS, and compared with normal hybrid algorithms.Originality/valueThe main novelty of this hybridization is that it shares the parameters of the objective function. The losses of the RDN can be minimized by reconfiguration and incorporating compensating devices like DGs.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46161252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimal design of artificial bee colony based UAV routing (ABCUR) algorithm for healthcare applications","authors":"J. Vijitha Ananthi, P. Subha Hency Jose","doi":"10.1108/ijius-08-2021-0099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-08-2021-0099","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeTo avoid this situation, the authors proposed an optimal artificial bee colony algorithm-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) routing algorithm for efficient data communication between doctors and patients. This proposed method worked in three stages.Design/methodology/approachIn recent decades, wireless body area networks have played an important role in health care applications. It facilitates the transmission of the patients' health data analysis report to the appropriate doctors.FindingsIn the first phase, biological sensors are connected to the human body via a controller node and collected data is transmitted via Bluetooth to the Personal Device Assistant (PDA). In the second phase, collected data will be transmitted via the Internet of things using an artificial bee colony algorithm. The second aids in determining the best route. In the third phase, unmanned aerial vehicles will use the best path to send collected data to doctors, caregivers, ambulances and cloud storage servers.Originality/valueThe simulation results show that the network's performance is superior when compared to existing approaches. The proposed algorithm achieves a high throughput, a lower delay, a higher link rate and a higher delivery rate.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45608330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predicting arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation from electrocardiogram signals using Pivot Range Fitness Scale-Based Machine Learning Model","authors":"S. Jyothi, Geetanjali Nelloru","doi":"10.1108/ijius-11-2021-0140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-11-2021-0140","url":null,"abstract":"PurposePatients having ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation, that are early markers of stroke and sudden cardiac death, as well as benign subjects are all studied using the electrocardiogram (ECG). In order to identify cardiac anomalies, ECG signals analyse the heart's electrical activity and show output in the form of waveforms. Patients with these disorders must be identified as soon as possible. ECG signals can be difficult, time-consuming and subject to inter-observer variability when inspected manually.Design/methodology/approachThere are various forms of arrhythmias that are difficult to distinguish in complicated non-linear ECG data. It may be beneficial to use computer-aided decision support systems (CAD). It is possible to classify arrhythmias in a rapid, accurate, repeatable and objective manner using the CAD, which use machine learning algorithms to identify the tiny changes in cardiac rhythms. Cardiac infractions can be classified and detected using this method. The authors want to categorize the arrhythmia with better accurate findings in even less computational time as the primary objective. Using signal and axis characteristics and their association n-grams as features, this paper makes a significant addition to the field. Using a benchmark dataset as input to multi-label multi-fold cross-validation, an experimental investigation was conducted.FindingsThis dataset was used as input for cross-validation on contemporary models and the resulting cross-validation metrics have been weighed against the performance metrics of other contemporary models. There have been few false alarms with the suggested model's high sensitivity and specificity.Originality/valueThe results of cross validation are significant. In terms of specificity, sensitivity, and decision accuracy, the proposed model outperforms other contemporary models.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":"3 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41267727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Group movement of UAVs in environment with dynamic obstacles: a survey","authors":"Valeriia Izhboldina, I. Lebedev","doi":"10.1108/ijius-06-2021-0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-06-2021-0038","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe successful application of the group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the tasks of monitoring large areas is becoming a promising direction in modern robotics. This paper aims to study the tasks related to the control of the UAV group while performing a common mission.Design/methodology/approachThis paper discusses the main tasks solved in the process of developing an autonomous UAV group. During the survey, five key tasks of group robotics were investigated, namely, UAV group control, path planning, reconfiguration, task assignment and conflict resolution. Effective methods for solving each problem are presented, and an analysis and comparison of these methods are carried out. Several specifics of various types of UAVs are also described.FindingsThe analysis of a number of modern and effective methods showed that decentralized methods have clear advantages over centralized ones, since decentralized methods effectively perform the assigned mission regardless of on the amount of resources used. As for the method of planning the group movement of UAVs, it is worth choosing methods that combine the algorithms of global and local planning. This combination eliminates the possibility of collisions not only with static and dynamic obstacles, but also with other agents of the group.Originality/valueThe results of scientific research progress in the tasks of UAV group control have been summed up.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45886011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A novel miniaturized, multiband, AMC-integrated CPW-fed antenna operating at millimetric wave frequencies suitable for IoT applications","authors":"Khader Zelani Shaik, P. Siddaiah, K. Satya Prasad","doi":"10.1108/ijius-10-2021-0118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-10-2021-0118","url":null,"abstract":"PurposePlanar periodic metallic arrays behave as artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) surfaces when placed on a grounded dielectric substrate, and they introduce a zero-degree reflection phase shift to incident waves. The antenna designers have new challenges while designing the AMC structure. The steps followed in designing the structure are as follows: 1) Designing the antenna, aimed to operate at millimetric wave frequencies, (2) Designing the AMC at desired frequencies, (3) Integrating the antenna design and AMC to resonate at millimetric wave frequencies and (4) Validate the output parameters of the antenna to be suitable for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.Design/methodology/approachThe antenna is integrated with artificial material known as high impedance surface (HIS) for performance enhancement. A miniaturized, multiband, enhanced gain, AMC-integrated CPW-fed antenna is proposed and aimed to operate at millimetric wave frequencies, which is most suitable for IoT applications. The developed antenna operates at an extremely high range (30–300 GHz), i.e. from 40 to 60 GHz with the return loss values at lesser than −20 dB, and gain is greater than 10. The antenna is developed and simulated by using HFSS software.FindingsAn extensive research study has been carried out to develop a low profile, high gain and optimized antenna. The first two steps are separately designing the antenna and the AMC unit cell at the desired frequencies. The third step is finding the antenna or AMC radiating parts responsible for each resonant frequency by analysing the surface current distribution. CPW fed along with AMC integration has made the antenna feasible to achieve the extremely high frequency (EHF) range, i.e. 40–60 GHz, which is highly adoptable in IoT applications.Originality/valueThe result represented that the developed antenna is resonating at EHF rank with high gain and good imped matching when it is being compared with the previous models and has only CPW fed without having AMC structure integration. It is evident that the antenna which has only CPW fed has resonated at lower frequency than EHF range and justified output characteristics. But when it is embedded with the AMC structure, it resonates at the EHF range, which makes the antenna highly suitable for IoT applications, with more accuracy and high data rate possibility.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47274470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Microstructure investigations and optimisation of maraging steel parts for UAV applications","authors":"Rama Pavan Kumar Varma Indukuri, Rama Murty Raju Penmetsa, S. R. Chalamalasetti, Rajesh Siriyala","doi":"10.1108/ijius-11-2021-0136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-11-2021-0136","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeMilitary and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) applications like rocket motor casings, missile covers and ship hulls use components that are made of maraging steel. Maraging steel has properties that are superior to other metals, making it more suitable for the fabrication of such components. A grey relational analysis (GRA) that is based on the Taguchi method has been utilised in the current study to optimise a laser beam welding (LBW) process. Further aspects such as GRA's optimum ranges and percentage contributions were also estimated.Design/methodology/approachA Taguchi L16 orthogonal array is utilised to design and conduct the experiments. Laser power (LP), welding speed (WS) and focal position (FP) are the three parameters are chosen for the process of welding. The output responses are the upper width of the heat-affected zone (HAZup), the upper width of the fusion zone (FZup) and the depth of penetration (DOP). The effect of the above key parameters on the responses was examined using an analysis of variance (ANOVA).FindingsThe results of ANOVA reveal that the parameter that has the most influence on the overall grey relational grade (GRG) is the FP. Finally, metallographic characterisation and a microstructural analysis are conducted on the weld bead geometry to demarcate the zone of HAZ and fusion zone (FZ).Originality/valueAs the most important criteria for LBW of maraging steels is the provision of higher DOP, higher FZ width and lower heat-affected zone, the study intended to prove the applicability of GRA technique in solving multi-objective optimisation problems in applications like defence and unmanned systems.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43590836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aerodynamic and structural performances of a single-stage transonic axial compressor with blade fillet radius","authors":"H. Chu, C. Dinh","doi":"10.1108/ijius-07-2021-0069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-07-2021-0069","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study’s investigation aims to clarify the effect of an additional geometry, i.e. a fillet radius, to the blades of a single-stage transonic axial compressor, NASA Stage 37, on its aerodynamic and structural performances.Design/methodology/approachApplying the commercial simulation software and the one-way fluid–structure interaction (FSI) approach, this study first evaluated the simulation results with the experimental data for the aerodynamic performances. Second, this paper compared the structural performances between the models with and without fillets.FindingsThis research analyses the aerodynamic results (i.e. total pressure ratio, adiabatic efficiency, stall margin) and the structural outcomes (i.e. equivalent von Mises stress, total deformation) of the single-stage transonic axial compressor NASA Stage 37.Originality/valueThis paper mentions the influence of blade fillets (i.e. both rotor hub fillet and stator shroud fillet) on the compressor performances (i.e. the aerodynamic and structural performances).","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49504439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aerodynamic and flight dynamic parametric studies of a flapping wing","authors":"Tandralee Chetia, Dhayalan Rajaram, K. G. Sreejalekshmi","doi":"10.1108/ijius-06-2021-0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-06-2021-0039","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeFlapping-wing vehicles show various advantages as compared to fixed wing vehicles, making flapping-wing vehicles' study necessary in the current scenario. The present study aims to provide guidelines for fixing geometric parameters for an initial engineering design by a simple aerodynamic and flight dynamic parametric study.Design/methodology/approachA mathematical analysis was performed to understand the aerodynamics and flight dynamics of the micro-air vehicle (MAV). Only the forces due to the flapping wing were considered. The flapping motion was considered to be a combination of the pitching and plunging motion. The geometric parameters of the flapping wing were varied and the aerodynamic forces and power were observed. Attempts were then made to understand the flight stability envelope of the MAV in a forward horizontal motion in the vertical plane with similar parametric studies as those conducted in the case of aerodynamics.FindingsFrom the aerodynamic study, insights were obtained regarding the interaction of design parameters with the aerodynamics and feasible ranges of values for the parameters were identified. The flapping wing was found to have neutral static stability. The flight dynamic analysis revealed the presence of an unstable oscillatory mode, a stable fast subsidence mode and a neutral mode, in the forward flight of the MAV. The presence of unstable modes highlighted the need for active control to restore the MAV to equilibrium from its unstable state.Research limitations/implicationsThe study does not take into account the effects of control surfaces and tail on the aerodynamics and flight dynamics of the MAV. There is also a need to validate the results obtained in the study through experimental means which shall be taken up in the future.Practical implicationsThe parametric study helps us to understand the extent of the impact of the design parameters on the aerodynamics and stability of the MAV. The analysis of both aerodynamics and dynamic stability provides a holistic picture for the initial design. The study incorporates complex mathematical equations and simplifies such to understand the aerodynamics and flight stability of the MAV from an engineering perspective.Originality/valueThe study adds to already existing knowledge on the design procedures of a flapping wing.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46943761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Numerical study of aerodynamic performance and flow characteristics of a centrifugal blower","authors":"Thanh-Long Le, T. Nghia, Hong Duc Thong, Mai Hoang Kim Son","doi":"10.1108/ijius-07-2021-0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-07-2021-0076","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis paper aims to focus on the effect of the operating condition such as the impeller speed on the centrifugal fan performance and flow characteristics. The ability to predict the behavior of the airflow motion in a centrifugal blower is essential for obtaining the topology optimization design.Design/methodology/approachA physical model of the air blower consisting of these main parts in a blower system: collector, impeller, outlet flange and volute casing, and the appropriate boundary conditions are set up by ANSYS software. Computation fluid dynamics are performed for the numerical analysis. The calculation of blower performance parameters such as total pressure, efficiency and flow rate is based on the Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes equations and k-εturbulence flow model.FindingsThe numerical results show that the change in operating conditions has a significant effect on the blower performance, and the pressure maintained inside the blower is higher for a larger impeller rotational speed.Originality/valueThis work is original and has not yet been submitted to elsewhere or published previously.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45173577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design of deep convolution feature extraction for multimedia information retrieval","authors":"K. Venkataravana Nayak, J. Arunalatha, Dr. Vasanthakumar G. U., K. Venugopal","doi":"10.1108/ijius-11-2021-0126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijius-11-2021-0126","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe analysis of multimedia content is being applied in various real-time computer vision applications. In multimedia content, digital images constitute a significant part. The representation of digital images interpreted by humans is subjective in nature and complex. Hence, searching for relevant images from the archives is difficult. Thus, electronic image analysis strategies have become effective tools in the process of image interpretation.Design/methodology/approachThe traditional approach used is text-based, i.e. searching images using textual annotations. It consumes time in the manual process of annotating images and is difficult to reduce the dependency in textual annotations if the archive consists of large number of samples. Therefore, content-based image retrieval (CBIR) is adopted in which the high-level visuals of images are represented in terms of feature vectors, which contain numerical values. It is a commonly used approach to understand the content of query images in retrieving relevant images. Still, the performance is less than optimal due to the presence of semantic gap among the image content representation and human visual understanding perspective because of the image content photometric, geometric variations and occlusions in search environments.FindingsThe authors proposed an image retrieval framework to generate semantic response through the feature extraction with convolution network and optimization of extracted features using adaptive moment estimation algorithm towards enhancing the retrieval performance.Originality/valueThe proposed framework is tested on Corel-1k and ImageNet datasets resulted in an accuracy of 98 and 96%, respectively, compared to the state-of-the-art approaches.","PeriodicalId":42876,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45494986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}